-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A bicycle with a sticker advertising a Florida punk-folk band forced the evacuation of a Memphis , Tennessee , airport terminal late Monday afternoon , authorities said .

A pilot alerted airport police when he saw a bike with a sticker that read `` this bike is a pipe bomb '' parked near the passenger ramps of Terminal C at Memphis International Airport , according to the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority .

`` Terminal C ticketing and baggage claim at the airport were cleared out , '' said airport spokesman John Greaud . `` A K-9 unit responded and found no explosive materials at the scene . ''

`` This Bike is a Pipe Bomb '' is the name of a band based in Pensacola , Florida , and this is not the first time in the band 's 12-year history the name has caused a commotion .

Bikes sporting similar stickers at college campuses in Ohio and Philadelphia led to building closures , arrests and the bikes ' destruction by bomb squads acting on the assumption the sticker was announcing a real threat .

The owner of the Memphis bike was taken into custody by airport police , Greaud said , but was later released because they had no grounds to hold him . Greaud said federal authorities were discussing possible federal charges , but a federal source said it was `` a non-event . ''

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Police alerted after pilot saw bike with sticker saying `` this bike is a pipe bomb ''

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Fears prompt evacuation of terminal , baggage claim at Memphis airport

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`` This Bike is a Pipe Bomb '' is the name of a band based in Pensacola , Florida

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Bikes sporting similar stickers at college campuses led to bomb fears